It used factors
including school dropout rates and results on financial literacy surveys.
Not exact matches
Highlights of the conference
include include debates and resolutions about controversial teacher testing, charter
schools, and a proposal by AFT president calling for an extra year of high
school to help prevent high
school -
dropout rates from climbing.
Chronic absenteeism; success in 9th grade courses; successful completion of a broad and challenging high
school curriculum (
including things like AP and IB course - taking); sustained engagement; science performance;
dropout rate
The study examines the impact of winning a
school choice lottery on
dropout rates and crime for groups of students with different propensities to commit crimes, using an index of crime risk that
includes test scores, demographics, behavior, and neighborhood characteristics to identify the highest - risk group.
In addition, the AFT report cites «serious problems and significant costs» associated with retention,
including student alienation from
school, serious classroom discipline problems, and a significantly increased
school dropout rate.
Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways,
including better attitudes toward
school and higher educational aspirations; higher
school attendance
rates and lower tardiness
rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower
dropout rates; better performance in
school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.
Included: Programs designed to reduce the high
school dropout rate among Native Americans.
Over the years, a number of studies (from Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas) have documented dismal outcomes in virtual
schools,
including low course - completion
rates and higher - than - average
school dropout rates.
At the same time, the district is maintaining tangible goals,
including a targeted 5 percent reduction in the
dropout rate for the 2007 - 08
school year.
Other projects created during the class
include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle
schools in an effort to improve
dropout rates.
The AASA's 2014 survey found that 92 percent of superintendents believe that out - of -
school suspensions are associated with negative student outcomes,
including lost instructional time and increased disengagement, absenteeism, truancy, and
dropout rates.
High
school reform should
include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models;
including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing
dropout rates.
In Michigan, for instance, the new chief state
school officer recently replaced the test - focused accountability system with a new grading system that relies on a broader set of measures of
school quality,
including family involvement, the quality of professional development, attendance, and
dropout rates, among others.
I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high
dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist,
including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching,
school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..
Quantitative yearly data over a three - year period (2007 - 2010) of implementation
includes a 40 %
dropout decrease from 87 to 52 students, a district attendance
rate of 97.26 %, a decrease in district discipline referrals from 4,671 to 1,997, and a 35 % decrease in out - of -
school suspensions / expulsions.
The release
includes a model report card and a breakdown of how
school ratings will be calculated based on student achievement, student growth, closing achievement gaps and whether students are prepared to graduate, as well as test participation, absentee and
dropout rates.
Demonstrated outcomes of Check & Connect
include: increased attendance, persistence in
school, accrual of credits and
school completion
rates; and decreased truancy, tardies, behavioral referrals and
dropout rates.
Recent work
includes Locating the
Dropout Crisis, with co-author Nettie Legters, in which they identify the number and location of high schools with high dropout rates and What Your Community Can Do to End its Dropout
Dropout Crisis, with co-author Nettie Legters, in which they identify the number and location of high
schools with high
dropout rates and What Your Community Can Do to End its Dropout
dropout rates and What Your Community Can Do to End its
Dropout Dropout Crisis.
A report by a Washington think tank about a California virtual charter run by the company found a series of problems,
including dramatically lower test scores than traditional public
schools, startling high
dropout rates, questionable attendance figures and a host of other problems.
At Baltimore Talent Development High
School, the one - year
dropout rate remained below the citywide average
dropout rate (that
includes selective magnet and charter
schools) in each year since its inception in 2004 - 2005 and reached 2.3 % in 2009 - 2010, almost half the citywide average of 4.1 %.
Documented student results better than those of comparable
schools on a wide range of measures,
including student test scores, student performances and demonstrations, success in later life, lower
dropout rates, and parent and student satisfaction.
Despite these hardships and gaps, U.S. youth have benefitted from significant academic and health improvements over the past seven years,
including a 20 percent decrease in the number of kids without health insurance and an 11 percent reduction in the high
school dropout rate.
In remarks entitled «Race, Poverty, Power and Politics in our Education System,» Juneau detailed a trio of initiatives in her state to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to a quality education,
including raising high
school graduation and reducing
dropout rates and improving low - performing
schools.
Much like LAUSD's new teacher evaluation system, the CORE waiver application wants
school ratings to
include dropout rates, graduation
rates, truancy
rates,
school disciple and other criteria.
It
includes the district's graduation,
dropout, suspension, and expulsion
rates by ethnicity, percentage of students spending 80 percent or more of the day inside a general education classroom, percent of pre-
school students who demonstrate improvement in social - emotional skills, and percent of parents that report positive
school involvement.
For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small
schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and
dropout rate • A more positive
school climate,
including safer
schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small
schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high
school and beyond.
Edison's report to the governor painted a picture of the district that few would dispute,
including abysmal test scores, unsafe
schools and a 50 percent
dropout rate.
The hope is that the redesigned
schools, all of which
include high
school grades, will produce higher achievement and graduation
rates, reduce
dropout rates, and ensure students» continued success after high
school.
In their view, dual enrollment is presumed to lead to a long list of positive outcomes for all participating youth,
including increasing the academic rigor of the high
school curriculum; helping low - achieving students meet high academic standards; providing more academic opportunities and electives in cash - strapped, small, or rural
schools; reducing high
school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for students.
Multiple research studies show that community
schools work,
including a recent Child Trends meta - analysis that found that community
schools support young people's needs, reduce grade retention and
dropout rates, and increase attendance, math achievement, and grade - point averages.15
Examples
include the delivery of the initial training and follow - up webinars on the Working Systemically approach in Texas, professional development of a Georgia SEA initiative to assist low - performing
schools raise student performance by building student thinking skills using Thinking Maps ®, design and delivery of professional development sessions focused on
dropout prevention and increasing graduation
rates in Alabama, and the delivery of professional development sessions and dissemination webinars for an Early Warning Data System in Texas that identifies at - risk students and connects them to appropriate intervention strategies.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been asked to investigate the effect of current
school policies on racial and socioeconomic integration and student education outcomes,
including proficiency
rates, high
school graduation and
dropout rates, and
rates of college enrollment and completion.
They might
include high
school graduation,
dropout and attendance
rates or the percentage of students satisfying four - year college entrance requirements that all districts eventually must meet.
Veteran educator Larry Ferlazzo pointed out on his blog recently that the Carnegie report titled «Opportunity by Design: New High
School Models for Student Success,»
includes data put together by McKinsey & Co. that shows how the Core — a collection of standards considered more rigorous than most states had before adopting them — would affect graduation and
dropout rates.
To support these goals, Ms. Butler is in favor of
including comprehensive sex education in
schools to empower students with the information they need to avoid sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies — the latter of which will help reduce
dropout rates among teenage girls.